Example sentences of "all we [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | All we require is a collection of reasonable indicators which represent , to some degree which may be unknown , the concept of class . |
| 2 | All we asked was if it was possible for them to come through Halam and go down School Lane to pick to get an extra bus service at Halam . |
| 3 | One said : ‘ All we saw was loads of smoke coming from the station and then the emergency vehicles arrived . ’ |
| 4 | All we saw was the inside of the hotel and the inside of a cricket ground . |
| 5 | All we saw were the bodies in the morgue and I remember parties carrying them away . |
| 6 | We had dinner hours ago , and any way how could you get ill when all we had is stuff we 've always had ? |
| 7 | After all we had been warned . |
| 8 | Here was a marvellous chance for us to see the paintings but all we had was talk , talk , and more talk about what the paintings were supposed to mean . |
| 9 | Yet all we had was here and now , and here and now … always through time … was where the struggle towards goodness had to be fought . |
| 10 | Well all we had was Broadfield School and that 's where my boys had to go to Broadfield , they went into Broadfield School and erm , they all got on alright you know , they got on well there and then from there they went to when the new school was built they went to Netteswell school you see , but two of my sons are electricians and unfortunately the eldest one , one of the electricians I could n't put him to apprentice because I could n't afford it cos I had a hard to struggle to bring them up you know in those days , we did n't get erm any family allowance or anything those days , and erm , so therefore he could n't go , but he sort of got on and got his own factory , but my other son who 's an electrician , one of the twins he 's erm , he 's got his City and Guilds he passed , he went , he was able to go to the school when the new schools were built you see , when Netteswell school was built he was able to go to night school and er learn all you see , then there was the one at Burnt Mill was n't there , down the bottom ? |
| 11 | ‘ All we knew was that we were walking down the street and people were throwing eggs . |
| 12 | All we knew was that they were not there when we needed them , and we blamed them . |
| 13 | It was a small boost , but we certainly needed one after all we 've been through . ’ |
| 14 | After all we 've been through , we need a holiday ( in France ) . |
| 15 | All we 've been asked to do is secure this ship until help arrives ; which should n't be longer than this time tomorrow . |
| 16 | After all we 've been mates , working alongside at the smithy . |
| 17 | ‘ I know it 's a dreadful thing to say , after all we 've been through . |
| 18 | ‘ What do you think ? – Now the rage poured out : All these years , our things , deserve , owe , our time of life , all we 've been through . |
| 19 | With all we 've been , both what we meant |
| 20 | After all we 've been to one another in the past … ’ |
| 21 | All we 've been through this evening |
| 22 | ‘ After all we 've been talking about ? |
| 23 | All we 've been talking about . |
| 24 | It 's all we 've been doing in n it ? |
| 25 | Since Billy 's come around that 's all we 've been talking about . |
| 26 | Why not , then , take the hint and cut through the sceptical problems the arguments invite , boldly saying that if all we know are ideas , then ideas are all there are ? |
| 27 | But in agreeing with the philosophers that all we know are ideas , he runs the risk of rejecting altogether any real world . |
| 28 | The non-philosophical ‘ vulgar ’ do not think that all we know are ideas . |
| 29 | So far all we know is what has appeared in the newspapers , that you have , shall we say , brought into life a baby — a human baby just like any one of the infants sleeping in their mothers ' arms all over the world — in a way that is to say the least unusual . |
| 30 | All we know is that there were success stories , including at least one lobotomy . |